Question

6. Mrs. Lall got a contractor to extend her kitchen along the length by 3m. Calculate: a)The area of the kitchen after it was extended.

b) The area of the extended portion.
c) The cost of the extension at a price of $100 per m
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Answer 1

a. 60m

b. 18m

c. $1800

Explanation:

a. To find the entire area of the kitchen we have to add 7 + 3 which is 10 the multiply 6 x 10 = 60

So the entire Area of the kitchen is 60m

b. To find the area of the extension we have to multiply 6 x 3, which equals 18

so in the end the area of the extension is 18m

c. To find the cost of the extension which In the question states that the cost per m is $100, so we multiply 18 (which is the area of the extension) by 100 which should look like 18 x 100 now this equals 1800

The extension cost $1800